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Foundation Application Process

Foundation Scholarship Application Process

To create a general application, students may log on to https://radford.academicworks.com,using their MyRU log-on credentials. Applicants will have the opportunity to share information about their activities, honors, achievements, organizational participation and leadership. Once the general application is submitted, it will be viewable in students’ AcademicWorks portals.

Students will be required to electronically sign an honor statement, “To the best of my knowledge, I have completed this application accurately and thoroughly” which is accompanied by the Honor Pledge of Radford University: “I do hereby resolve to uphold the Honor Pledge of Radford University by refraining from lying, from stealing or unauthorized possession of property, and from violating the Standards of Student Conduct”.

Because many scholarships require the university to consider GPA, major, hours completed, full-time/part-time status, class standings, and financial need, this kind of data will be imported from Banner, the university’s student information system.

Types of Scholarship Opportunities

Based on students’ general application and academic data pulled in from Banner, Academic Works is able to identify and match students two ways:

Auto-match

Apply-to

Applicants may be auto-matchedto scholarship opportunities for review by the scholarship committees.These scholarship opportunities require no additional information from the student beyond the general application, and tend to have a larger pool of qualified applicants.These scholarships will not be viewable in students’ AcademicWorks portal unless a scholarship is awarded. If awarded, the scholarship(s) will be viewable once the award notification is sent.

Applicants may be matched toapply-toscholarship opportunities for review by scholarship committees if the applicant fulfills the requirements to apply and/or qualifies based on the question(s) asked. These scholarships tend to have a smaller pool of qualified applicants.These scholarship opportunities will be viewable in the applicant’s AcademicWorks portal.

To be considered for apply-to scholarships, students may be required to provide one or more of the following:

Essay

Names and emails of references

Resumé

Answer to a specific question or questions that could be used as qualifiers

Filing Your FAFSA

The FAFSA for the 2020-2021 school year will be available after October 1, 2019. File your FAFSA by the priority filing date of Dec. 1. If you have any questions about filing the FAFSA please contact our office.

Don't forget to include the Radford University school code so we receive a copy of your FAFSA.